Huntly male prohibited for life from possessing animals after messed up tail dock Gerald Piddock 14:54, May 22 2019 SPCA/SUPPLIED Thimble, a four-month-old Doberman puppy, had its tail dismembered at home. In May 2017, a Waikato District pet control policeman (ACO) found the puppy called Thimble roaming the streets with a tail wound that looked agonizing, swollen, as well as contaminated, as well as visible bone could be seen. Brown admitted to placing a sheep docking rubber band on the pet dog’s tail in an effort to dock the tail, however someone had played with the band, creating the tail injury.